After the Xbox 360 market officially shut down earlier this week, everyone is mourning the death of the Xbox 360 and recalling some of their best memories with the console that gave them lifelong friends and… Their favorite game. Let GameStop show up to the party with a hint of dissatisfaction.
The video game retailer turned meme stock took advantage of the July 29 government shutdown to take a shot at the digital gaming space. “I bet you all wish you could buy the physical version now,” the company said wrote on twitter (through escapist). “Buy the physical thing.” This is an obvious point conveyed by the worst messenger in a way that doesn’t even make sense.
First, the Xbox 360 Marketplace will be closed to sales of new digital games, but people will still be able to re-download games they already own. Second, mass adoption of date-based digital releases didn’t really begin until the Xbox One era, when Microsoft initially introduced DRM, effectively ending disc sharing and GameStop’s then-lucrative second-hand game business. Finally, you can still purchase most Xbox 360 games digitally on Xbox One and Series X/S through Microsoft’s backward compatibility program. Users and fans immersed in nostalgia for the Xbox 360 era offer these points and more.
“I gave them all to you in exchange,” wrote Return to someone. “You don’t actually sell physical games in your store anymore, just junk you call ‘collectibles,'” fight back other. third person point out Physical versions of hundreds of digital-only indie games and other releases on the platform cannot be purchased. Twitter user Joe Kasabian More succinctly. “Gamestop cornering the market and then destroying their reputation by ruthlessly screwing over their customers probably has a lot to do with them becoming the stock bro meme of an NFT scheme selling funko pop,” he wrote.
GameStop is currently in its death throes. Despite having billions in cash on hand, its stock price is ridiculously high due to the cult of personality surrounding its current CEO. Playing Elon Musk-litechain store employees Continue to be squeezed and laid off Even if its core business fails to pivot into something more sustainable than warranties and action figures. It’s impressive how people, from customers to employees, love games but hate GameStop.
It’s a testament to how badly the chain has failed at physical game sales, retro curation and special edition pre-orders that smaller independent stores and mom-and-pop stores have sprung up to fill the void. You can still buy Xbox 360 games from GameStop, but you may get better prices elsewhere.
